Captivating Mary Carstairs
by Henry Sydnor Harrison
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About this eBook
- Author
- Harrison, Henry Sydnor, 1880-1930
- Credits
- Produced by Brendan Lane, Dave Morgan, Tom Allen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 9993
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9993
- Release Date
- February 1, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CAPTIVATING MARY CARSTAIRS — BY — HENRY SYDNOR HARRISON — WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY R.M. CROSBY
- 2.NOTE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CAPTIVATING MARY CARSTAIRS — CHAPTER I — THE CHIEF CONSPIRATOR SECURES A PAL
- 5.CHAPTER II — THEY EMBARK UPON A CRIME
- 6.CHAPTER III — THEY ARRIVE IN HUNSTON AND FALL IN WITH A STRANGER
- 7.CHAPTER IV — WHICH CONCERNS POLITICS AND OTHER LOCAL MATTERS
- 8.CHAPTER V — INTRODUCES MARY CARSTAIRS AND ANOTHER
- 9.CHAPTER VI — THE HERO TALKS WITH A LADY IN THE DARK
- 10.CHAPTER VII — IN WHICH MARY CARSTAIRS IS INVITED TO THE YACHT "CYPRIANI"
- 11.CHAPTER VIII — CONCERNING MR. FERRIS STANHOPE, THE POPULAR NOVELIST; ALSO PETER, THE QUIET ONLOOKER
- 12.CHAPTER IX — VARNEY MEETS WITH A GALLING REBUFF, WHILE PETER GOES MARCHING ON
- 13.CHAPTER X — THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE PLAYS A CARD FROM HIS SLEEVE
- 14.CHAPTER XI — WHICH SHOWS THE HERO A FUGITIVE
- 15.CHAPTER XII — A YELLOW JOURNALIST SECURES A SCOOP BUT FAILS TO GET AWAY WITH IT
- 16.CHAPTER XIII — VARNEY MEETS HIS ENEMY AND IS DISARMED
- 17.CHAPTER XIV — CONFERENCE BETWEEN MR. HACKLEY, THE DOG MAN, AND MR. RYAN, THE BOSS
- 18.CHAPTER XV — IN WHICH VARNEY DOES NOT PAY A VISIT, BUT RECEIVES ONE
- 19.CHAPTER XVI — WHEREIN SEVERAL LARGE DIFFICULTIES ARE SMOOTHED AWAY
- 20.CHAPTER XVII — A LITTLE LUNCHEON PARTY ON THE YACHT "CYPRIANI"
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII — CAPTIVATING MARY
- 22.CHAPTER XIX — IN WHICH MR. HIGGINSON AND THE SAILING-MASTER BOTH MERIT PUNISHMENT, AND BOTH ESCAPE IT
- 23.CHAPTER XX — VARNEY, HAVING EMBARKED UPON A CRIME, FINDS OUT THAT THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY
- 24.CHAPTER XXI — MR. FERRIS STANHOPE MEETS HIS DOUBLE; AND LETS THE DOUBLE MEET EVERYTHING ELSE
- 25.CHAPTER XXII — RELATING HOW VARNEY FAILS TO DIE; AND WHY SMITH REMAINED IN HUNSTON; AND HOW A RECEPTION IS PLANNED FOR MR. HIGGINSON
- 26.CHAPTER XXIII — IN WHICH VARNEY, AFTER ALL, REDEEMS HIS PROMISE — THE END
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